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The quarterly report by the monitor, the Vienna-based International Atomic Energy Agency, found that Iran’s stockpile and the purity of its uranium fuel were well within the allowed maximums. Iran’s supply of heavy water, used in reactors that can produce plutonium, another nuclear-weapons fuel, also was within the limits, the report stated.

The findings, initially reported by news agencies in Vienna, were not necessarily unexpected. But they could make it more difficult politically for Mr. Trump to justify scrapping the agreement, which was negotiated under the Obama administration. Mr. Trump has repeatedly called the agreement one of the worst deals ever and a giveaway to Iran.

The agreement, known as the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action or J.C.P.O.A., relaxed many economic sanctions on Iran in return for its verifiable pledge to engage in only peaceful nuclear activities, which included limits on fuel that could be used in atomic bombs.

Britain, China, France, Germany and Russia, which also are parties to the agreement, have all expressed strong support for it and have warned that if Mr. Trump withdraws, the United States would be isolated on the issue…….https://www.nytimes.com/2017/08/31/world/middleeast/un-nuclear-iran-trump.html